diff --git a/t/t4018/php-abstract-class b/t/t4018/php-abstract-class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5213e12494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/php-abstract-class
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+abstract class RIGHT
+{
+    const FOO = 'ChangeMe';
+}
diff --git a/t/t4018/php-class b/t/t4018/php-class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7785b6303c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/php-class
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class RIGHT
+{
+    const FOO = 'ChangeMe';
+}
diff --git a/t/t4018/php-final-class b/t/t4018/php-final-class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69f5710552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/php-final-class
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+final class RIGHT
+{
+    const FOO = 'ChangeMe';
+}
diff --git a/t/t4018/php-function b/t/t4018/php-function
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35717c51c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/php-function
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+function RIGHT()
+{
+    return 'ChangeMe';
+}
diff --git a/t/t4018/php-interface b/t/t4018/php-interface
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86b49ad5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/php-interface
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+interface RIGHT
+{
+    public function foo($ChangeMe);
+}
diff --git a/t/t4018/php-method b/t/t4018/php-method
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03af1a6d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/php-method
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Klass
+{
+    public static function RIGHT()
+    {
+        return 'ChangeMe';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/t/t4018/php-trait b/t/t4018/php-trait
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65b8c82a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4018/php-trait
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+trait RIGHT
+{
+    public function foo($ChangeMe)
+    {
+        return 'foo';
+    }
+}
diff --git a/userdiff.c b/userdiff.c
index a69241b25d..36af25e7f9 100644
--- a/userdiff.c
+++ b/userdiff.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ PATTERNS("perl",
 	 "|<<|<>|<=>|>>"),
 PATTERNS("php",
 	 "^[\t ]*(((public|protected|private|static)[\t ]+)*function.*)$\n"
-	 "^[\t ]*(class.*)$",
+	 "^[\t ]*((((final|abstract)[\t ]+)?class|interface|trait).*)$",
 	 /* -- */
 	 "[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*"
 	 "|[-+0-9.e]+|0[xXbB]?[0-9a-fA-F]+"